FastMail Blog and Wiki going down for a few hours today

brong · 28th March 2005, 09:13 AM

Here's the details from our hosting provider:

> When: Sunday, April 3, 11:00PM EST (Monday, April 4, 4:00AM GMT)
> Expected downtime: 2-4 hours, 6 hours maximum

We'll be shutting the server down a little before then to ensure that it will be shut down cleanly, and also testing that we can restart it to make sure it will come up cleanly again at the other end!

The server is being migrated into a new datacentre - part of an upgrade at the hosting provider (ServerBeach - we keep the blog and wiki separate from our main servers in NYI to provide a level of redundancy - even if one is down you can get information from the other!) to provide a higher SLA.

There will be no affect on the production mail and file infrastructure, so most users shouldn't even notice!

Bron.

edit: it's next week, not this week *sigh* - I'll thump Jeremy for telling me it was this week later, and thump myself for not actually reading what I posted right now!

brong · 4th April 2005, 12:01 PM

Hi,

The blog and wiki server is now shut down in preparation for the move. It should be back within 6 hours.

Bron.

brong · 4th April 2005, 02:00 PM

Everything's back up and running in under 2 hours, yay!

**Sherry** · 4th April 2005, 02:08 PM

Hey! Wait a minute! You guys promised it would be down for 6 hours. What's going on here??? You're 4 hours OFF. Gosh.

Sherry

PS:

brong · 4th April 2005, 03:51 PM

hey, don't blame me, blame serverbeach, they're the ones who turned it on early.

Bron.

**Sherry** · 4th April 2005, 03:59 PM

I'm sure, by now, you know whoever is brave enough to post is the one who has to take all the blame.

Sherry

Heartz · 4th April 2005, 10:45 PM

I feel cheated. I was promised six consecutive hours and you have me about have of that!

Refund! Refund!

elvey · 5th April 2005, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Heartz
I feel cheated. I was promised six consecutive hours and you have me about have of that!

Refund! Refund!

Yeah, I started a petition; please sign:

http://petitiononline.com/notreallyi'mkidding

**JeffK** · 5th April 2005, 06:58 AM

Like I say to the accountants at work "The budget (or forecast or estimate) is always wrong." It frustrates the heck out of them when they ask why actual is over or under budget and I reply "The budget is wrong!".

Jeff

Chipper · 5th April 2005, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JeffK
Like I say to the accountants at work "The budget (or forecast or estimate) is always wrong." It frustrates the heck out of them when they ask why actual is over or under budget and I reply "The budget is wrong!".

Jeff

Good one!! I'm going to have to remember that for the future. It can be used with many estimates vs. actual (time, money, etc.)

28th March 2005, 09:13 AM	#1
brong The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,380 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	FastMail Blog and Wiki going down for a few hours next week Here's the details from our hosting provider: > When: Sunday, April 3, 11:00PM EST (Monday, April 4, 4:00AM GMT) > Expected downtime: 2-4 hours, 6 hours maximum We'll be shutting the server down a little before then to ensure that it will be shut down cleanly, and also testing that we can restart it to make sure it will come up cleanly again at the other end! The server is being migrated into a new datacentre - part of an upgrade at the hosting provider (ServerBeach - we keep the blog and wiki separate from our main servers in NYI to provide a level of redundancy - even if one is down you can get information from the other!) to provide a higher SLA. There will be no affect on the production mail and file infrastructure, so most users shouldn't even notice! Bron. edit: it's next week, not this week sigh* - I'll thump Jeremy for telling me it was this week later, and thump myself for not actually reading what I posted right now!* Last edited by brong : 28th March 2005 at 12:12 PM.

4th April 2005, 12:01 PM	#2
brong The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,380 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	Going down today! Hi, The blog and wiki server is now shut down in preparation for the move. It should be back within 6 hours. Bron.

4th April 2005, 02:00 PM	#3
brong The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,380 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	Everything's back up and running in under 2 hours, yay!

4th April 2005, 02:08 PM	#4
Sherry Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 8,686	Hey! Wait a minute! You guys promised it would be down for 6 hours. What's going on here??? You're 4 hours OFF. Gosh. Sherry PS:

4th April 2005, 03:51 PM	#5
brong The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,380 Representative of: Fastmail.fm	hey, don't blame me, blame serverbeach, they're the ones who turned it on early. Bron.

4th April 2005, 03:59 PM	#6
Sherry Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 8,686	I'm sure, by now, you know whoever is brave enough to post is the one who has to take all the blame. Sherry

4th April 2005, 10:45 PM	#7
Heartz Essential Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Selangor, Malaysia Posts: 455	I feel cheated. I was promised six consecutive hours and you have me about have of that! Refund! Refund!

5th April 2005, 06:58 AM	#9
JeffK Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kingaroy, AU Posts: 3,146	Like I say to the accountants at work "The budget (or forecast or estimate) is always wrong." It frustrates the heck out of them when they ask why actual is over or under budget and I reply "The budget is wrong!". Jeff